Meat-cutting machine



Apr. 17, 1923.

v J. A. BAUMGARTNER MEAT CUTTING MACHINE Filed yDec. 16, 1921 ,5 sl'xeess-sheetv 2 www...

Apr. 17, 1923.

' JVA. BAUMGARTNER MEAT CUTTING MACHINE 5 sheejbS-sheet 5 Filed Dec. 16, 1921 INVENTOR.

o/zz 56mm Patented lrpr. ll, i923.,

JOHN A. BAUIVIGARTNER, Ull SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

MEAT-CUTEHKNG MACHLNE.

Application filed December 1S, 1921. Serial No. 522,896.

a reed screw transversely disposed and intcrmittently rotated a predetermined num` ber of revolutions according to the thickness of the slice of meat desired. ifilso to provide a transversely movable meat holding lever independently movable' in relation to the severing carriage and comprising a pivotal bar, said` pivotal bar having its free end positioned adjacent holding means whereby the piv-v oted holding bar may be held in engagement with the meat being severed. n. further object is to provide actuating means for rotating the feed screw comprising a recipro cating rack having a gear connection with a gear carried by the r'eed screw, said raclr when reciprocated causing the' feed screw to rotate in one direction, and the :feed screw is held against rotation in the other direction by pawls cooperating with a ratchet wheel.

A further object is to provide adjacent the rod carrying the reciprocating rack, means for accurately gaging the amount or movement of said rod, said means comprising a cam havingnotches therein, any notch of which cam may be placed where it will be engaged by a pin carried by the rack rod and limit the movement ot' the rack rod and rack in one direction during the carriage feeding operation. The notches ot' the cam being so positioned on the cam that the cam may be adjusted for moving the carriage a predetermined distance according to the thickness of slice of meat desired.

W ith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the' invent-ion may be made within the the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the drawings :-A

Figure l is a perspective view of the meat cutting machine.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through a portion of the saw carrying frame, and one end of the carriage.

Figure 8 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the rear end of the carmage, the feed screw` and guide shaft, showing the rotatable element having an endless groove therein `tor reciprocating the severing element.

Jl "igure l an enlarged detail rear elevation, partly' in section of the connection between the carriage and the feed screw.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the pivoted member carried by the severing element and which engages 'the groove of the rotor.

Fie-ure 6 is a view showing the gear and ratchet connection between the reciprocating rack and the eed screw.

Figure is a vertical sectional view taken on 'ne .7-7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a Vfront elevation ol the casing and adjustable cam carried therein, by means oit' which cam the movement or the feed screw is gaged.

Figure 9 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the cam casing taken on line 9 4) of Figure 8.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates a rectangular shaped meat block, and 2 supporting legs therefor. Extending .outvvardly from the rear side 3 of the block l are brackets e, in bearings 5 of which the feed screw G is rotatably mounted, said 'feed screw being preferably horizontally disposeo. as shown and adapted to be intermittently rotated predetermined amounts or distances according to the thicknesses of' the slices of meat desired through the medium. of mechanism hereinafter set forth. rThe ieed screw 6 has slidably mounted thereon a. feed screw hloclr T, which block is longitudinally movable on the feed screw and is held in vertical position as shown in Figures l. and by means of a guide shaft 8 which is in parallel relation to the Jreed screw and passes through an aperture 9 in the block 'r' and is supported by the brackets e. rl`he upper end of the bloclr 7 has rotatably mounted therein a sleeve l0, on which is lreyed by means oi the key fil a dowmvardly extending arm l2, which, supports the casing 13 in bearings la oi which are mounted the pintles l5 of a rotor lo. Extending upwardly from lll) the casing 13 are spaced lugs 17 to which lugs issecured the rear end of the bar 18 formingpart of a supporting frame 19, which supports a reciprocating saw and knife carrying frame 20. The saw and knife carrying frame 2O is provided with a sawblade 21 and al knife blade 22, either of which may be disposed in lower position during a severing operation, for instance the saw may be placed in lower position fo" severinga bone, and then after the bone has been, severed the knife blade 22 ii'iay be positioned in lower position for use, for continuing. the severingI operation. During the severing, operation the reciprocating` frame 20 is reciprocated by means of a rotor 16, whichiis rotated .through the medium of the flexible shaft 23 leading to any source of power, sueltas. an. electric motor. The rear endiofthe. reciprocating fran'ie 20 is pivotally..` connected as at 2l to the rectangular shaped shaft 25, which shaft is slidably mounted in; bearings 26 of the rotor casing` 132, and; is4 disposed preferably in parallel relation to therotor 1G. livotally mounted inY a bearing'27 of the rectangular shaped shaft 25 isman upwardly einendiiig4 lug 28,'

which lng` has its upper relatively 'thin portion29'disposed in the endless groove 30 of the rotor. 16 and by pivotally nounting the lug 28 it will be seen that when said lug, during the rotationof the rotor 16, reaches the end coiivolutions 31 of the groove 3l), that` the direction .of movement of the rectangulail shaped shaft 25 will be reversedxv in the bearings 26 and consequently causingtheV severing element frame 20 to be reciprocated andi simulating aV sawing;l or cutting operation.

The forward end of. the bar 1S is providedwith adownwardly extending arm the lower yend of which rests upon the meat cutting blockrl, on which meat to be sliced'is disposed, The reciprocating,l severing,` frame 20ris'provided with a forwardly extending` shaft 33,*which iskslidably mounted in the chamber. 34C` of a. sleeve 35 carried by the handle member. 3G and has a lug' and slot connection 37 and ZET with the sleeve` 35, therefore it will be seen that the frame 20 will be held in` verticall position during;` the reciprocation-.there-of, and to maintain said frame in vertical position. no matter whether the knife blade 22 isfin lower position or thesawblade 21, a dog; Si, is provided. 'il he lower end of the dogI 3S is received in either one of the apertures 39 of thesleeve il and holds said sleeve against rotation sequently through the medium of and slot. connections 37 and 237 with shaft 33 holds the severing frame 2O a` rotative movement. The dop; 38 is pivotallj,v connected 40 to a pivotedlineer engaging;y member l1- located above the handle all member 36 and adapted to be depressed when it is desired to reverse the positions of the severing members carried by the severing` frame 20.

Slidablyl mounted on the feed sciew 6 and the guide shaft 8 is a vertically disposed bracket 42, on which bracket is vertically adjustable a U-shaped member d3, to which ll-shaped member is pivot-ally connected at la a meat holding lever 45, which lever adapted to be forced downwardly into engagement with the meat forv holoing the meat during the severing or si wing operation. rThe lll-shaped member d3 has a tooth connection 4l@ with the teeth e7 of the br: cket il-2. 'l' he free end Li8 of the holding' lever is provided with a handle member t9 adapted to be grasped by the operator for holding` the lever in engagement with the meat being; severed. lt has been found that at times it is desirable for the operator to have both hands free for controlling` the severing mechanism, therefore a pivoted lever 50 is provided, at 51 to a transversely movable yoke 52 longitudinally movable on a bar The lever 50 is provided with a plurality of teeth 5d, with any one of which a tooth 55 carried by the lever l5 may cooperate insuch amanner that the lever i5 willL beheld against upward movement.

The bar 53 is disposed on the forward side 56 of the block 1 and is preferably carried by brackets 5?, which brackets also forni supporting means for an operating bar 5S adapte-d to be moved by 'the leg,` or knee of the operator for causing a-manual rotation of the feed-screw.,l according tothethickness of slice of meat desired. The end 59 of the bar :S8-is loosely pivoted atV 60 to the bracket 5l and its end 61 issecuredat 62'to the arm 63 of a lever (il which is'pivoted at 65 to the side G6Yof the block 1 and hasA its arm 67 extending upwardly, and is adapted to be moved in the direction of the arrov.' o, Vwhen 'the actuating' bar Sris forced inwardly in the direction ofthe side 56of the block 1. llllhen the arm G7` is moved in the direction of the arrow a, a pull is imparted in the same direction on the bar 68 through the medium of the link connection 69 therewith. rl`he bar 68 is slidably` mount: ed in bearings G9 of a casingl 70 secured to vthe side GG of the blocky and is connectedto a rack bar l1 disposed in the cas-ingl72'carried by the side 66 of the block 1 and the bracket de, through the inediumof a connecting; rod 7?. lt will be seen that ifthebar 68 is moved a predetermined distance that the rack bar T1 will moveacorresponding distance, therefore the feed screw @which has gear train connection 74 withtherack bar il. will be moved or rotateda distance according to the predetermined movement he rack bar '71g andrto prei/'ent retrograde which lever is pivoted movement of the feed screw 6 when the rack bar 7l moves in the direction of the arrow spring actuated pawls are provided, which pawls cooperate with the ratchet wheel 76 and prevent the feedserew from rotating, however the ratchet wheel 76 is free to rotate during the movement of the rack bar 7l in the opposite direction. lt will be seen that if means is provided for accurately gaging the movement of the raclr bar 7l in the direction of the arrow c Figure 67 that the movement of the carriage through the rotation of the feed screw 6 may be accurately gaged, and to accomplish this result a cam 77 is disposed within the casing' 70, which cam is provided with a plurality of notches 78, anyone of which notches may be placed in the path of the lug 79 carried by the bar 68 for limiting the movement of the har 68 in the direction of the arrow a, and as the notches are carried on the cam and are spirally arranged in relation to the center of the cam shaft 8O7 it will be seen that the movement of the bar 68, and consequent movement of the rack bar 71 may he accurately gaged according` to which notch 78 is in the path of the lug 79. 'lhe cam shaft 8O is provided with a handle member 8l adapted to be grasped 'oy the operator for rotating the pointer 82 into registration with any of the graduations 88, which graduations may indicate thicknesses of cuts anywhere from a sixteenth of an inch or nuiltiples thereof, however this may,

be varied as desired. f during `a meat severing operation it is desired to move the severing frame 20, the operator pushes inwardly on the bar 58 against the action of the spring 83L thereby rotating the feed screw 6 the desired distance according` to adjustment of the cam 77. lt will be noted that this is a manual operation of the feed screw and that when the bar 58 is released the spring 88a will return the rack 7l as shown in Figure 6.

When it is desired to move the severing carriage 20, and the carriage frame 19 longitudinally of the feed screw 6, independent of the feeding operation thereof? the operatei grasps the handle 86 and tilts the frame as a whole upwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 3. `l/V hen the frame is tilted the cam 84 engages the arm 85 of the hell crank lever 86, which lever is pivotally mounted as at 87 to the bloclr 7, and has its substantially horizontally disposed arm 88 extending through an aperture 89 in a vertically movable pin 90. rlhe lower end 91 of the pin 90 engages between the threads 92 of the feed shaft 6, and as the hell crank lever 86 is rocked on its pivotal point 877 the lower end 9i of the pin 90 willr he moved out of engagen'ient with the teeth as shown in Figure 3 in dotted lines, thereby allowing the carriage supporting block 7 to be moved longitudinally on the feed screw 6 and the shaft 8. rlhe pin 90 is carried by the sleeve 98 which extends through the lower end of the block 7 said sleeve being movable with the block 7.

From the above it will he seen that a meat cutting machine is provided which is simple in construction and one wherein the operation is simple and the movement of the carriage carrying the severing element may be accurately lgaged and moved independently by the leg or knee the operator in such a manner that he may utilize both hands for other purposes. lt will also he seen that the weight of the rotor for reciprocating` the evering frame has been reduced to a minimum and so constructed that its operation is positive.

When the carriage i9 is tilted upwardly and rearwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 3 the lrey ll comes into engagement with the pin il carried hy the bloclr 7 and holds the carriage in tilted position, thereby allowing the carriage as a whole to be shifted to any desired position inde* pende-ntly of the feed screw.

rllhe invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is i. it.. m at cutting machine comprising a base. a trai'isversely movable carriage disposed ahove said hase, the rear end of said carriaoe being pivotally mounted, a meaiV severi. l

feed sc ew cooperating with said carriage for intermittently moving the same, and means wherehy said feed screw may be rotated a'predetermined number of rotations.

2. meat cutting` machine comprisingl a lease7 a carriage disposed ahove said hase and .ole transversely, a severing element ed by said carriage, one end of said carbeing pivotly mounted on a guide a feed screr; mounted in hearings and forming` means for movine the carriage transversely, means whereby s l feed screw may be interniitteiunlv rotated for nioviiuf the carriage, and sel ive means wherebyY the screi may he rotated for movingl the carriage a piedeterininel distance.

'he combination with a meat severine machine comprising carriage transverse i movable over a base, said carriage being' pivotallj,7 mounted at one of its ends-` of means for niovii'ig said carriage transversely., said means comprising a feed screw threaded to the carriage. a reciprocatilig` rech having a gear connection with the feed screw.` and .means for reciprocatiner said reel: a prede-- ter iined dist5 i ce.

et. rllhe co,...b nation with a movable can riage of a meat cutti machine. said can riao'e beine' nivotally n iinted at one of its ends. of ineens r moo i; s d Carr: y predetermined distance. said means con'iprising a feed screw having a thread connection element carried by said carriage3 a l tothe carriage, a reciprocating reclr, gear connections between saicl reciprocating` rech and screw,v ratchet means whereby the screw will not be rotated upon increment of tne .rack in one cli ection7 and aci-instable means .relation to the giiitle roil, a block sliclably mounted on the leecl screw, said carriage being pirotally connecteclto the block, and `means whereby when the carriage is tilted iipii'arclly on its pivotal Qoint the tlireaclecl connection between the carriage and feed screw will be disengaged,

6. The combination witn a carriage or' a meat severing machine, saicl carriage being` actuated by a 'iieedscrew icl carriage being piyotz'illy iiioiinteci on :i nu'ivable block and disposed aboye the ileecl screw, a vertically sliilable linger disposed. between the threail of the 'leed screw, a bell crank lei/'er carried by the block, one erin or said bell crank lever haring a connection with the linger, a lng' carried by the carriage, anti said lne; beine; in position whereby upon si tiltinig action. ot the carriage it will engage the ot er arm of the bell crank lever and more the finger npwarcliy.

7. The combination with e' meet seyerinp; machine comprising` a inoyable carriage clisposecl above e meat supporting' block anal 'iiioi'fefl transversely intermittently by 'the rotation of a feed screw, saiil 'feed screw lieinp; intermittently rotaterl through. ineflinni or a recinrocatecl raclr having` 1gear connection 'thercwithx or means whereby said reciprocating reclr` may be recinrocatecl a nrecle'terininerl distance according to the thickness or the slice of meet clesirecl.

8. The combination with. a meat severing iiizicliine comprisingn movable carriage clisniorcn'ient on itsv ,whereby the reci; may be allowed to more a iiierterininecl ilistance, saicl ,ineens coin.- iii'isiiin' a rotatiye ilisc. saiil iiisc hareng);l at

its edge a pliflrahty oi siirraces at different cli stan "c s lroi'n its center7 and means whereby said disc may be rotated lor placing any or its siiri'eces in alignment with a stop ot the ref 9. The combinationwith a reciprocating reel: bar cooperating with :i i''eerl. screw of a meat )ring iniicl'iine, of i ns `niiereby siiitl Y maybe allowed to move a prei'lete mined distance, seid means comin s ng r. rotative member haring; :i 1plurality of stops at iiii'i'ercnt d' tances 'from the center tliei'feof. zinil a stop carried by the rack bar and, cooperating with aq: one ci' the plurality oiz steps. y

i0, he con'iliination with a reciprocating ra 'lz bar cooperating` with a lieecl screw or' a severing` machine. of means whereby i rack bzir may he allowed te inoye a precleteriiiinctl distance in one direction. sait! iiiccns comprising; a stop carried by the rack bar. fi rotative fisc posed adjacent the reir bei', said disc being proyicle'd with a -plurality of stop surfaces differentV clist'anccs from its center, anal means wherebyv a: y of the stop surfaces niziy be placed in the path. olf the stop carried by the raclbar.

ll. The combination with a reciprocating rack bar cooperating; with a eetl screw ot meat severing; machine, et means whereby scifi teli bar may be allowed to more asprerleterii'iinefl distance in one direction, anti manually operated lever means whereby said rack bar may be inovecl in one direction divine; the f'eefl screw movement.

in testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

Jer-iii A. BAUMGARTNER.. 

